why 485 cases are transferred to local office

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My i-140 has been recently approved (NOTICE DATE:11/29/2002)

Now I started reading 485 forums.

( 485 RD :2/20/2003 ND: 4/30/2003 and EAD AP approved 4/30

FP : 5/22/03)



What does it mean by transferring cases from Service center to local office? Mine is in vermont service center ...

Does all 485 cases get transferred to local ofiice?

Please thow some light ...


Thanks

Vijay
 
There are no specific reasons for transfers. However, based upon posts on various Internet forums, the following is observed so far as likely factors to trigger a transfer/interview (though applicability of any of the following doesn't necessarily guarantee a transfer):

1. Random "quality check" (meaning no specific reasons for transfer)

2. Married after filing I-485 (mostly to verify bona fide marriage)

3. Change of employer, residence, jurisdiction (mostly to verify AC21 related issues)

4. Positive for HIV, TB, during medical testing (mostly to verify continuing treatment)

5. National Interest Waiver based I-140 (mostly to verify if the applicant still works in the same area of national interest as argued in the pre-approved immigration petition)

6. Few EB-1 EA/OR based I-140 (mostly to check "public charge" information, meaning to verify financial self-reliability and if the employment is of EA or OR nature)

7. Not-readablity of two consecutive fingerprinting (mostly to collect police clearances)

8. "Hit" on fingerprinting (meaning if criminal record exists)

9. Applicants from countires that required special registration sometime ago

10. Non-conclusive or incomplete response to the RFE if any

The order in above list is just random and doesn't signify any hierarchy, and by no means is claimed to be complete.

Best wishes,

Jigesh

Disclaimer: Personal non-legal point of view only.
 
Very helpful list, Jigesh!

I am actually in situation #7---the ridges on my fingertips do not "register" well during fingerprinting so after 2 failed FP attempts, my case was transferred to the local (Baltimore) center. I was interviewed last month and told to get a police clearance, which I received and submitted two weeks ago....still waiting!
 
Excellent list -- jigesh

I found following from I-485 Standard Operating Procedure for a likely interview:

On a case-by-case basis, an officer may choose to relocate an I-485 for interview if he/she deems it necessary. Applications require a relocation if the officer determines:

* a need for validation for identity
* a need for validation of legal status
* questionable admissability and/or qualifications
* apparent fraud
* a second filing
* an applicant with fingerprinting rejected twice
* an applicant with medical conditions class A or B
* the A-file cannot be located at the time of adjudication
 
Lowell,
What do you mean when you say 'a second filing'.
Do you know of any such cases who had an interview. What was the outcome of the interview
 
transferred out of VSC, then back to vsc !!!

Hi,
RD: 06/25/2002
ND: 06/26/2002
FP: 09/2002

My i485 was in VSC then out of the blue my " file " transferred to TSC back in April 2003, I got a letter stating inorder to speed up the process it was transferred to Texas, then I was trying to find out what was going on for for the longest time to find out my case was transferred back again to Vermont in OCTober !!!!!!!!!!


can anyone shed a light of what's going on ? ???????
 
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